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Ee Nagaraniki Emaindhi · written by Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam · 2017
Scene 105 of 130 · ≈ 2 min on screen · Act two
Reunited three years after a car crash scattered them into hollow versions of success, four friends stumble into a bachelor-party trip to Goa where making one last short film forces them to confront the heartbreak, cowardice, and unfinished business each of them has been outrunning.
Four friends comfortable in their compromises: an engagement for money, a job that fired him, a dubbing gig, an editing hustle — none of it what nineteen-year-old them wanted.
Dared to explain what holds them together, they need to finish the short film they abandoned — and to know why Vivek can't write an ending anymore.
The crash in Goa, the lost engagement ring and the forced improvisation strand them in an unfamiliar situation with no money, no gear and no way home.
Scrounging camera gear through theft and bargaining, faking IDs, courting Shirley and Ginny, and finally shooting the short film pays every cost the plan demands.
Kaushik's take on the beach is the best acting of his life — the film they set out to make finally exists, in the same instant it stops being fiction.
Karthik risks a dangerous car-top shot to get the perfect scenic footage, earning Vivek's admiration.
Watching the dailies at the shack, Kaushik catches Vivek and Shirley sharing a private moment and provokes a scuffle before Karthik calls it a wrap for the day.
Shooting Kaushik's breakup scene with Ginny on the beach at night, the scripted dialogue detonates their real unresolved history — Ginny actually leaves him for real reasons, not fiction.
This scene
VIVEK has his arm around KAUSHIK.
VIVEK
Feel ayyinava ?
KAUSHIK scared shitless, pretends to be calm and smiling.
KAUSHIK
Ledu ra. Nenemi feel avvale.
VIVEK gulps his drink down.
KAUSHIK looks at UPENDRA at a distance editing, he calls ut for him
KAUSHIK (CONT’D)
Uppu..
UPENDRA
Enti !?
KAUSHIK
Come here once.
UPENDRA
Ellu bhe.
VIVEK
Nenu ayyina..
He gulps another one.
KAUSHIK
(Smiling nervously)
Mellaga thaagu VIVEK.
VIVEK stares at him for a moment seriously
KAUSHIK keeps the smile up.
VIVEK grabs KAUSHIK’s face and shakes it vigorously.
VIVEK
Em acting chesnav ra.. Neelo nannu
chuskunna ra..
He takes a moment.
KAUSHIK
Thanks ra
He genuinely smiles and turns to the table.
VIVEK
Em dount unde ra neeku ?
VIVEK skulls his drink.
KAUSHIK turns towards him slowly again.
KAUSHIK
Ledu ra VIVEK.. Im clear.
VIVEK
Le le cheppu ra.. Notla unchinava
kadha beach meedha ..
VIVEK turns towards KAUSHIK and puts his arm on KAUSHIKs shoulder.
KAUSHIK
VIVEK, I am just puppet ra.. Nuvvu
director. Nuvvu etla aadamante nenu
atla aadutha.. Remmeber it.. Im
puppet ra. KARTHIK, uppu please
come here once.
VIVEK
Malla endhi bhe nuvvu adigindhi !
KAUSHIK gets startled. Everyone gathers around them.
VIVEK swoons back and falls.
KARTHIK
Hammaya ! Out ayyadu ra.
UPENDRA
Rey KAUSHIK neekemkaaledhu kadha ?
KAUSHIK
(shouts out loud)
Thinadam pandadam, Inkemaina
panundhara neeku !??
UPENDRA
Mana short film edit chesthunna ra
KAUSHIK
Peddha bahubali adhi.. After all
short film, chaviti jaffa ga !
Sense undha ? Nimishaniki moodu
thriller cinemalu choopinchindhu
vaadu naaku .. Idiots ! padeyyandi
vaadini room lo.
KARTHIK
Sarey inka manam shoot cheddam
KAUSHIK
Gattiga anaku ra nayana.. Cha..
manishi kaadhu ra veedu taagithey..
Thaagudu meedha virakthi ochchindhi
veedini choosi.